CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 4 November 1914, Page 5

CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS

SMART WORK BY BELGIAN ] CYCLISTS J THOUSANDS OF GERMANS CUT ! OFF. : London, November 2. 1 It is reported th.it a. Belgian cycliSt, ; corps blew up a bridge in tbo region, which lesultcd in the cutting j off of thousands of Germans, who sur? ' :| rendered. , ; j 'A OHASE IN THE AIR. j Paris, November 2. • "j A French airman while making a re/ I connaissance met two Gorman aero-i i planes. Assisted by a second Frencha aeroplane- he chased them, shootingj , down one. , AGAINST DESPERATE.ODDS. London, November 2. )■ i After the capture of Laventie (a feit, miles south-west of Lille), fifteen Brit-n ish soldiers held a trench i or twentyfour hours against 700 Germans until \ they wore relieved. One of the British "\ was wounded. GERMAN SCOUTING DEFECTIVE. * ' ("Timeo" and Sydney ''Sun" ■ Services.) London, November 2. > A German Staff order enjoins com* ' manders.to improve their reconnoitring, because French airmen easily discover | the disposition of the German troops, | - while the French are adepts at protect- 1 " i ing themselves fiom aerial observers. _ . i "The success of the French artillery,! l j which has caused us sucn heavy losses,.)' ! is chiefly attributable to tboir discover*' | ing our positions."